Fleet Management news and trends

93% of Truck Drivers Want Instant Payments

May 15, 2024
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On-Demand Rental Apps Streamline Commercial Fleet’s Digital Journey
Transportation // April 25, 2024

Whether it’s a delivery service rushing to fulfill orders, a construction crew on a project or a catering company prepping for a weekend event, all these businesses rely on fleets of vehicles to keep their operations running smoothly. However, managing these fleets poses a significant challenge....

Fleet Sector Travels From Closed-Loop to Future-Ready
Transportation // April 16, 2024

Where an industry goes tomorrow is a step-function from where it is today. And this is particularly true within the fleet management ecosystem, where traditional payment methods like fuel cards remain, by far, the most common payment scenario. Increasingly, addressing the challenges of traditional fleet...

Coast Raises $92 Million to Improve Fleet Management Payments
Investments // March 21, 2024

Fuel and fleet spending management firm Coast has raised $92 million in new capital. The funding round includes $25 million in equity capital from investors such as BoxGroup, Avid Ventures, Accel, Insight Partners, and Better Tomorrow Ventures, as well as newcomer Vesey Ventures, Coast said in a...

BeyondTrucks and Samsara Team to Streamline Fleet Management
Transportation // March 13, 2024

Transportation management system provider BeyondTrucks has launched a partnership with cloud platform Samsara. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (March 13), lets clients of the two firms equip dispatchers, drivers and fleet managers with access to asset and operational data, allowing them to enhance visibility, fleet efficiency and decision-making capabilities. “Currently,...

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Fleet Sector Travels From Closed-Loop to Future-Ready

April 16, 2024
Where an industry goes tomorrow is a step-function from where it is today. And this is particularly true within the fleet management ecosystem, where traditional payment methods like fuel cards remain, by far, the most common payment scenario. Increasingly, addressing the challenges of traditional fleet payments, including cumbersome manual processes and security loopholes, are playing […]

AtoB CEO: Push-to-Card Payouts Become Banking Platform for Independent Truckers

February 05, 2024
AtoB CEO Vignan Velivela told Karen Webster that slow payments represent a “silent tax” on fleet management in general, and on the truckers behind the wheel, specifically. Paper checks still...

RoadSync CEO Says Paper Checks Taking a Back Seat When Drivers Get Paid

October 23, 2023
It’s hard to name a more vital component of the economy than the logistics industry. However, it’s just as hard to name a more challenging and fragmented payment landscape than...

BP Joins the Race to Create and Scale a Digital Fleet Payments Ecosystem

July 06, 2023
Fuel is at the center of the ecosystems that are changing fleet management, and by extension, logistics. In just one of the latest examples, BP began its digital payments solution launch at the end...

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Coast Raises $92 Million to Improve Fleet Management Payments

March 21, 2024
Fuel and fleet spending management firm Coast has raised $92 million in new capital. The funding round includes $25 million in equity capital from investors such as BoxGroup, Avid Ventures, Accel, Insight Partners, and Better Tomorrow Ventures, as well as newcomer Vesey Ventures, Coast said in a Thursday (March 21) news release. Additionally, $67 million in committed […]

BeyondTrucks and Samsara Team to Streamline Fleet Management

March 13, 2024
Transportation management system provider BeyondTrucks has launched a partnership with cloud platform Samsara. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (March 13), lets clients of the two firms equip dispatchers, drivers and fleet managers with access to...

Australian Trial Tests Wireless Charging of Electric Trucks

February 26, 2024
A new trial in Australia is set to test roads that wirelessly charge electric trucks as they drive, potentially revolutionizing the trucking industry. The $8.2 million Australian dollar (about $5.4...

Comdata Adds Pay-as-You-Go Feature to Card for Truck Fleets

February 20, 2024
Comdata has added a “pay-as-you-go” funding feature to its Connect Card for truck fleets. This feature allows users to pay with their credit or debit card or bank account, while still receiving...